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Committee advances HB 478 to create regulatory framework for brine mining
Summary
HB 478 (Brine Mining Amendments), sponsored by Representative Bolander, passed the committee with a favorable recommendation after sponsor and agency witnesses described it as an initial regulatory framework giving the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining rulemaking authority and permitting provisions.
The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee on June 12 advanced HB 478, the brine mining amendments, with a favorable recommendation.
Representative Bolander, the bill sponsor, told the committee the bill “is not a Great Salt Lake bill” but instead focuses on brine mining generally and implements what he described as the Brine Conservation Act. The bill would provide the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining jurisdiction and rulemaking authority for brine mining, add permitting requirements and well,…
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